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agonal prisms and cylinders; framing with, single, double, and oblique tenons; splices, straight and scarfed; mitre, lap, and gained joints; through and lap dovetails; mouldings, mitres, and panels. Second Term.—Turning and cabinet making; cylinders, balusters, capitals and bases of columns, vases, rosettes, etc.; fret sawing,plain and ornamental veneering, inlaying, carving, and polishing. Third Term.—Metal work, pattern making, moulding and casting; filing and finishing, drilling, screws, hand and machine turning. Stone work, executed in plaster of Paris; production of plane, ruled, warped, and spherical surfaces; voussoirs of arches, vaults, and domes; decorative carving.

APPARATUS.

A collection of casts donated by the Spanish government, and another of casts of various architectural details, from Lehr, of Berlin, belong to the Schools of Architecture and Designing; models of ceilings, rooftrusses and stairs, joints, etc.; Schroeder's models of joints in stone cutting, etc. The casts, photographs, etc., of the Art Gallery. In the library, many of the best English," German, French, and American architectural works and periodicals. A large carpenter and cabinet shop, containing full sets of tools, for shop practice; foot lathe with slide rest, chuck, drills, etc.; cross and splitting saws; planer, moulding and tenoning machine, lathe, whittler, fret saw, etc.

BUILDER'S COURSE.

The Trustees allow persons desiring to fit themselves for master builders to take a course of a single year, pursuing such technical studies of the course in architecture as they may be prepared to enter upon with profit, and as will be most advantageous to them. Candidates for the Builder's course must pass the examinations in the common branches, but need not pass in the studies of the preliminary year unless they shall desire to pursue other studies than those marked in the following schedule. Fee, $10 per term.

1- Wood Construction ; Projection Drawing; Shop Practice (Carpentery and Joinery). 3. Stone, Brick, and Metal Construction; Agricultural Drawing; Shop Practice (Stair Building). 3. Estimates, Agreements and Specifications; Heating and Ventilation; Architectural Designing; Shop Practice (Cabinet Making).